Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied [LWN.net]

Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied

Posted Apr 7, 2008 16:46 UTC (Mon) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied by drag
Parent article: Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied

When fools like the KKK or other racist groups go on a parade it's very funny. You have about 20 or so fat and inbred rednecks in pointy hats stomping around like idiots surrounded by about 4000+ people of every race, creed, or religion howling their displeasure at them for being such jackasses.

Your mileage may vary, but in Hungary hundreds of these marching fools beat up the onlookers...

Bye,NAR

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Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied

Posted Apr 8, 2008 0:15 UTC (Tue) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998) [Link]

(a) If they're beating up people, that's a felony (or the Hungarian equivalent), and you can
march them off to jail for something that only complete idiots could claim was political.

(b) If they're at the point that they can beat people up in public, then it's better to have
them in the open than hiding, because there's enough of them to do some serious damage.

Bruce Schneier reviews Access Denied

Posted Apr 8, 2008 12:23 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

It's happened in the USA in the past also were the racist a-holes turned around and attacked
their audience. 

But that time is mostly gone. They are still violent, to be sure, but they can no longer have
the power they once had, except in very isolated and backward areas.

My point is, though, that making that sort of thing illegal (aka hate speech) isn't going to
make those people be nice. It'll make it worse if anything.